![]() ![]() The big advantage to using SSH here is that it gets the files extracted on your server exponentially faster, but the end result is the same. Note that if you don’t have SSH access you’ll need to extract the archive and then upload the contents, not the archive itself. These need to be placed in an outward facing folder that you can access from the internet (/var/The easiest way to upload the file on a remote server is with FTP. Next upload the the Owncloud files to your server. Note that the web installer doesn’t usually work with remote hosting. Updating can be a bit of a pain, so I highly recommend getting the latest version unless it doesn’t work with your server for some reason.įor home use, first try the auto web installer before tackling the manual method. Grab the desktop syncing client and enjoy using Owncloud.įirst off you need the latest version of Owncloud.Lite is easier to setup if you have it available. Choose whether to use MySQL or MySQL-lite.Use Owncloud’s interface to create an admin account and give it a strong password.Change the ownership of the extracted owncloud folder to your username using root access, or set the permissions of the folder to 777 via FTP.Extract the contents of the archive (or do so before uploading).Upload the archive to a folder within the /var/www/ area of your server.( For home use try the auto web installer first) We’ll split this into two different types of guides, a short one with the basics, and a longer one with more details. The latest version as of writing this tutorial is version 4.5.2, and I recommend grabbing the latest version if there is a newer one available (higher number means newer). I recommend PuTTY.ĭownload Owncloud from the official site: (Not needed if installing to your own PC) Most shared-hosting plans have all of the needed packages installed. Full server requirements can be found here. Owncloud has a few basic dependencies such as PHP5 and My SQLite. This can be one at your house, or a hosting plan (like Dreamhost or 1and1). If you want to try out Owncloud before installing it, check out the live demo site that the dev team set up for that latest version. Of course if you’re going to use it to store sensitive data you may want to use Truecrypt to secure the important files that you upload. With Owncloud you own the data, and all control over it. The problem is that everything you upload to your Dropbox account is on third party servers, and Dropbox employees can not only access it, they can retrieve those files if requested to (primarily by law enforcement agencies and legal warrants). ![]() Why use Owncloud? We’re big fans of Dropbox and Sugarsync here at groovyPost, but I think Owncloud is a better solution, if you have either the know-how or bravery to set it up (it isn’t that hard…).
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